Military Service Policymaking and the Process of Nationbuilding in Iran

• Main Authors: Ali Imani, Ali Asghar Ghasemi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2016-10-01
• Series: Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rāhburdī-i Siyāsat
• Subjects: policy making; Military Service; Nation; Nation-building; Soldier
• Online Access: http://qpss.atu.ac.ir/article_6797_d2b2468ae01e7ed4edd5181b0762bb22.pdf

This paper explains the military service policy-making and the process of nation-making in Iran based on the institutional approach. The author explains how the issues of nation-making and military service entered the policy-making calendar in Iran by application of cyclic process of policy-making. Finding show that there is a collaborative relation between military service policy-making and the process of nation-making in contemporary Iran. The system of analysis in this research is theoretical institutional framework and the methodology is descriptive. The time period of the analysis is early nineteenth century. Based on the policy-making cycle, the policy issue of military service and its entrance to the policy calendar is stated in the problem statement. Finally, after the explanation and analysis of the collaboration of military service policies with nation-making process in Iran, the way of collaboration and coordination between the two main factors during the last two centuries in Iran have been clarified.